AI: First of all, Cognitive Dissonance in Psychology is a mental conflict in which an individual holds two or more contradictory beliefs at the same time or is confronted by new information that conflicts with existing beliefs. It is the mental state of discomfort when we don't know what we believe and we can see how we might be wrong. The term was coined by Leon Festinger, Albert Gunnlag and others in the 1950s in order to describe the mental stress experienced by individuals attempting to change their beliefs when these beliefs are contradicted by new information.
Human: Go on
AI: The antecedent of this condition is a belief held with conviction and passion, which is challenged by contrary evidence. The resulting tension between belief and evidence can produce a feeling of discomfort, a form of psychological pain. People try to reduce cognitive dissonance by changing their attitudes, or even by changing their behavior if changing their attitudes is not possible, or more likely, by justifying, blaming, denying or denying the importance of the conflicting information.
Human: What are the ways people resolve the dissonance?
AI: Performing an action counter to the beliefs (e.g.) convincing oneself by accepting the fact
Human: Can you summarize for me?
AI: Cognitive dissonance is a term used in psychology to describe the discomfort (mental stress) experienced by an individual who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, manifests contradictory actions, or experiences some other form of contradiction. This discomfort is triggered by an individual's awareness of an inconsistency between two cognitions: an attitude or behavior on one hand, and new information on the other.
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